Lecture notes

• Introduction to systems in Acrobat   format (127K)

• Systems concepts in Acrobat   format (858K)

• Scale: Our electrical system in Acrobat   format (1.2M)

• Type: UW from different perspectives in Acrobat   format (1.3M)

• A hierarchical Systems Description: The Huron Natural Area in Acrobat   format (386K)

• Analysing flows in a system in Acrobat   format (780K)

2) (ERS 218 -- Reader) Gary Alexander, "Overview: The Context of Renewable Energy Technologies; Technical Interlude: What are Energy, Power, Etc.?", in Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (Toronto: Oxford University Press in association with Open University Press, 1996), pp. 4-9.

3) (ERS 218 -- Reader) "B.2 Energy Systems", in Robert T. Watson et al (eds), Climate Change 1995, Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 77-82.

UPDATED 16 OCTOBER
lecture notes in Acrobat   format (88K)

• Lecture on the water system. in Acrobat format (4.3M)

The special section on water in the KW Record, September 25, 1999. (J. Kay has paper copies)

Water Efficiency: The Next Generation, Scott Chaplin, Rocky Mountain Institute 1998 in Acrobat   format (12K)

The water supply at UW

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

Environment Canada Fresh Water WWW site

Region of Waterloo Water WWW site

• Municipal Perspectives on Waste Management presentation by Michael J. Birett, Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Acrobat format.

• Waste Management at UW presentation by Patti Cook, Waste Management co-ordinator, University of Waterloo in Acrobat format.

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

WATgreen home page

UW Waste Management home page

Recycling Council of Ontario (Lots of facts and figures).

RoW's Waste Management homepage.

Energy Systems presentation by Ian Rowlands in Acrobat format. (1.1M)

READINGS:

4) 'Chapter 16: Nonrenewable Energy Resources' in G. Tyler Miller Jr., Living in the Environment, 10th Edition (Toronto: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998), pp. 430-460.

5) "Energy", Statistics on Natural Resources (Ottawa: NRCan, 1999;), 3pp.

6) 'Chapter 3: Residential Sector', in Energy Efficiency Trends in Canada, 1990-1996 (Ottawa: NRCan, Office of Energy Efficiency, 1998), pp. 14-27.

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

Ontario Power Generation (includes short movies which explain how the different forms of power generation work.)
An interactive map showing all the power generating stations in Ontario

Independent Electricity Market Operator Tons of info about Ontario electrical demand and supply.

Canadian energy consumption versus other countries

Everthing about US energy use.

Complex Systems dynamics in Acrobat format. (1 M)

Reading:

• Some notes on holons, hierarchy, flips, and SOHO systems
• About catastrophe theory
• A reader on complexity and systems: Kay, J.J., 1994, "The Ecosystem Approach, Ecosystems as Complex Systems and State of the Environment Reporting", prepared for North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation , State of the North American Ecosystem meeting, Montreal, Canada. 8-10 December, 1994, 42 pages.
• Kay. J., Regier, H., Boyle, M. and Francis, G. 1999. "An Ecosystem Approach for Sustainability: Addressing the Challenge of Complexity" Futures Vol 31, #7, Sept. 1999, pp.721-742.
• More on SOHO systems: Boyle, M., Kay. J., and Pond, B., 1999. "Monitoring and Assessment as Part of an Adaptive Ecosystem Approach to Sustainability and Health"

Sustainability in Acrobat format. (28K)

Readings: (from the course reader)
20) Johan Holmberg and Richard Sandbrook, 'Sustainable Development: What is to be Done?', in Johan Holmberg (ed), Policies for a Small Planet (London: Earthscan, 1992), pp. 19-38.

Sustainable livelihoods presented by: Naresh C. Singh, Ph.D, Principal Technical Adviser, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme, in Acrobat format. (407K)

Ecosystem integrity in Acrobat format. (33K)

Reading (optional):
Kay. J., Regier, H., 2000. "Uncertainty, Complexity, And Ecological Integrity: Insights from an Ecosystem Approach", in P. Crabbe, A. Holland, L. Ryszkowski and L. Westra (eds), Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health, Kluwer, NATO Science Series, Environmental Security pp. 121-156.

Ecological footprint: Introduction presentation by James Kay in Acrobat format. (550K)

Ecological footprint presentation by Larry Onisto in Acrobat format. (550K)

Paul Parker's presentation to appear soon.

Reading:
19) 'Chapter 1: Ecological Footprint for Beginners', in Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 1996), pp. 7-30. Ecological footprint comments by Larry Onisto in Acrobat format. (340K)

Living Planet report 2000 (World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Acrobat format. (2M)

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

Hear and see a presentation by Mathis Wackernagel on ecological footprint.

Industrial Ecology presentation by James Kay in Acrobat format. (716K)

Reading:
From the reader:
11) Steven Peck and Chris Callaghan, 'Gathering Steam', Alternatives (Vol. 23, No. 2, Spring 1997), p. 6.

12) Nicholas Gertler and John R. Ehrenfeld, 'A Down-To-Earth Approach to Clean Production', Technology Review (Vol. 99, No. 2, February/March 1996), pp. 48-54.

13) Tatjana Brkic and Andrea Douglas, 'Kalundborg -- Industrial Symbiosis in Denmark' (Winnipeg: IISD, 1998; http://iisd1.iisd.ca/business/industrialexample.htm), 2 pp.

Strongly recommended:
Industrial Ecology: An Environmental Agenda for Industry By Hardin B. C. Tibbs

On Complexity Theory, Exergy and Industrial Ecology: Some Implications for Construction Ecology

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

All about ecoparks

Readings: The McDonalds's clamshell case study:

• About McDonalds in Acrobat   format
• About the choice in Acrobat   format
• The decision in Acrobat   format

WWW SITES TO CHECK OUT:

Life cycle of a house.

    Current lecture material

Summing up, (29 November, 4 December)

The ecosystem approach in Acrobat   format

The challenge of sustainability: a personal perspective in Acrobat   format

Readings:
18) Per Christensen, 'Different Lifestyles and their Impact on the Environment', Sustainable Development (Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1997), pp. 30-35.

REFERENCE BOOK:
Noorman, K. J. and Uiterkamp, T. S. Green Households? Domestic Consumers, Environment and Sustainability. London: Earthsan; 1998.

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